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Elvira Kurt’s comedy hits a nerve! Her universal themes of the absurdity of modern life, the fractured nostalgia of our childhood and our continuous struggle against turning into our parents create humor that the Hollywood Reporter calls “acerbically hilarious.”

The Los Angeles Times notes that “her healthy doses of humor draw roars from the crowd,” and the Toronto Star describes her approach as “storytelling studded with a series of unexpected razor sharp barbs.”

Originally posted 2010-06-17 14:46:30.

Jerry Lewis was wrong when he said that woman stand ups are not funny! Obviously, he has never met or seen Tonight Show veteran and St. Louis, MO. native Kathleen Madigan. Voted best female stand up at the American Comedy Awards in 1995, Kathleen has made the most of her career. Kathleen started at an open mic night in 1990, and has resulted in numerous television appearances and selling out comedy clubs and theatres across the country. Kathleen Madigan was last seen on NBC’s “Last Comic Standing” Season 2!

Kathleen Madigan is one of the most popular headliners in the country. An American Comedy Award winner as best female stand-up, her accessible and unpretentious style has earned her a devoted and growing following.

Unlike any other female comedian working today, Kathleen resonates with a broad base of fans from coast to coast. She packs theaters from Nevada to North Carolina and everywhere in between.

Her standup specials on HBO and Comedy Central have earned rave reviews and her latest CD/DVD In Other Words is one of the most downloaded comedy albums of 2006-2007. She is a regular guest on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Late Show with David Letterman, VH-1, E!, and CNN. She is a mainstay on Comedy Central where she recently debuted a new one-hour special and appeared on The World Stands Up, USO Comedy Tour, The World Comedy Tour, and Comedy Central Presents. Kathleen recently served as a talent scout on NBC’s Last Comic Standing and is the host of her own weekly show on Sirius Radio Networks, The Kathleen Madigan Show. She is the only 5ft 2inch Mid-Missouri Hoop Shoot Champion in recorded history.

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Originally posted 2010-06-17 14:54:13.

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Kristin Key is an up and coming Comedy sensation. She blends a quick wit with a fearless edge and tosses in a musical twist to create a show that audiences keep back for over and over again. Originally from Texas, now residing in Los Angeles she still has a small town point of view with a polished rapid fire delivery. She has been seen on VH-1, Bravo, “Comics Unleashed”, The Bob & Tom Show, and was a finalist on “Last Comic Standing”.

Her new CD, “Where The Cab Takes You” is a journey of collected experiences and stories that only Kristin could tell. Take a ride through stories of her life in Texas, her move to Los Angeles, life on the Comedy road, and all the hilarious stops along the way

Originally posted 2010-09-29 15:50:15.

Margaret Smith, winner of the 9th Annual American Comedy award for “Best Stand-Up Comic – Female” in 1994, makes dysfunctional family life the backbone of her act. Dead pan delivery, blank-faced and funny sums up her dark humor. She is a child out of six in a demented, dysfunctional Middle American family. However, she contends that all families are dysfunctional in some way or another.

She then went away to college, and eventually needed money. Since she was from Chicago, she tried to get a job at Second City as would pay half of the tuition for classes. Second City lasted three-and-a-half years. Writing many of the sketches for the group. She gravitated to New York City, where she began her stand-up career.

Stand Up Comedian, Actor, Writer and Producer, Margaret Smith does it all! A Six-time Emmy Award winner, Margaret recently left her gig as a writer and producer for the Ellen Degeneres Show to work on her own projects. She is currently in negotiations on a pilot she has developed.

She also recently published her first book. A hilarious yet poignant, partial memoir about becoming a single mother. It’s titled, “What Was I Thinking”.

Additionally, she has won the American Comedy Award for Best Female Stand Up Comedian. She starred in her own special for Comedy Central and has produced and starred in her own independent projects. Her incredibly funny CD, titled “As It Should Be” has a liner note on the cover from Jay Leno. Jay writes, “, “The best comedians are the ones that write and perform their own material and Margaret Smith is at the top of that list”,

She played the standout record store owner in the hilarious, yet short-lived, spin off of “That 70’s Show” aptly titled “The 80’s Show”.

Her list of roles in Television and Film include parts in Martin Scorsese’s “Goodfellas”, the remake of “The Blob”, the Wachowski brother’s hit thriller “Bound” with Gina Gershon and Meg Tilly, and a guest starring role in the Pamela Anderson series, “VIP”, to name a few.

You may have also seen one of her many performances on both The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as well as Late Show with David Letterman.

Margaret has toured the comedy circuit doing live performances throughout the United States and beyond including Britain, Ireland and Australia, not to mention a one-nighter in Tasmania. “Have you ever seen a Tasmanian Devil? They’re so cute. You want to pet them, ‘till they yawn.”

She’s worked with everyone from Rosie O’Donnell to the late Bob Hope. She says, “Phyllis Diller told me the dirtiest joke I’ve ever heard,” and claims to have had an emotional bottom on The Oprah Winfrey Show.

You might want to keep your eyes open for Margaret during her summer hiatus when she hits the road and tours. She may be coming to a theater in your area.

Originally posted 2010-06-17 15:01:14.

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Twenty-five year old Kristin Key seems like any other sweet, sexy, well-behaved preacher’s daughter…until she opens her mouth. Her fearless style of comedy has earned her the title “Preacher’s Kid Gone Wild”. Key says, “I love making people laugh at things they usually wouldn’t think about” and describes her style of comedy as silly, edgy and very personal.

Kristin started her stand-up career at age 19 and quickly became one of the youngest comedy club headliners in the country. One night last winter, she auditioned for the NBC reality/comedy show “Last Comic Standing” in Austin Texas. “I showed up at 4:30 in the morning, and waited 7 hours just to get seen” says Key. For her, the long wait certainly paid off. On May 30th, Key not only made her national television debut on the show, but also got the judges’ nod to move on to the “house” meaning the top 10 finalists.

“I make fun of myself a lot and I tell a lot of stories.” To Kristin, nothing is off limits. She covers everything from personal stories to the top four questions you should never ask a hermaphrodite! In three words – she’s “flat-out funny”! Not girl funny – just funny!

“I think chick comics get a bad rap. Not all female comics are male-hating housewives with kids and “grrrrLL” power. I don’t want to get on stage and go on and on about my period, or how cute babies are. Being a woman is interesting but there’s just better *%#& to talk about.

Originally posted 2010-10-02 15:12:19.

Kate Clinton is perhaps America’s brightest political comedian. Her agenda includes political material, savvy send-ups of modern family relationships and illuminating perspectives on life as a gay American.

Kate has worked with some of the great writers and performers of our time. She participated in a staged reading of Tony Kushner’s play, SLAVS with Olympia Dukakis, Tracey Ullman and Madeline Kahn at the Walter Kerr Theatre in New York. Kate hosted an evening at The Kennedy Center when Richard Pryor received the first-ever Mark Twain Award. She emceed the AmFAR Seasons of Hope event where Clive Davis, Michael Douglas and Billy Crystal presented awards to Quincy Jones, Sharon Stone and Robin Williams.

Originally posted 2010-06-17 14:34:03.

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Originally posted 2010-06-16 16:24:43.